FOODS AND FEEDING 



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Rations. 



(Fed to calves at the Military Dairy Farm, Bangalore.) 

 First period— birth to 21 days ... 6 lb. whole milk given 



three times a da^ 



f Whole milk 



Second period— third to fifth week, -j 



Separated 



j Barley meal 



i ;, 



^Linseed oil ... 1 oz. 



(Separated milk. 2 lb. 

 Barley meal ... 4 „ 

 Linseed oil ... 1 oz. 

 Fourth period — fourth to fifth Barley meal raised 



month. 

 Fifth period — sixth to eighth month. 



to 



61b. 

 Barley meal gradually 

 reduced until none is 

 given. Green fodder 

 is now given and a 

 ration of 1 lb. wheat 

 bran; \ lb. oil cake and 

 i oz. salt, each day. 

 From ninth month on the normal young stock ration is 

 fed, viz. : — 



Wheat bran ... 1 lb. 



Decorticated cotton cake ... 1 „ 



Green fodder ".. ... ... 15 ., 



Second period- 

 month. 



-third week to sixth 



Fourth period— sixth 

 month. 



From ninth month 



to 



Whole milk ... 1 lb. 

 Separated milk ... 5 „ 

 Cotton seed meal. I „ 



| Fodder as much as they 



l. will eat. 



f Cotton seed meal. 1 lb. 

 eighth] Hay 15 „ 



[Salt 



f Cotton seed meal. 



| Cotton seed hulls. 

 ..'{ Rice bran 



| Salt 



IHay 



2oz. 

 21b. 

 1 ,, 

 1 „ 

 2oz. 

 151b. 



Pasturage fees. 



In the northern deltas, Rs. 20 to Rs. 30 are charged for 

 grazing a pair of bullocks for four months — August to Sep- 

 tember—including watching charges. 



